Between Two Services

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Next Step #796 – September 28-29, 2024 – Fr. Vazken is in Between Two Services – the Blessing of the Holy Muiron and the Consecration of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin, on its reopening. What we learned from exploring the Muiron Service and the Holy Cross – messaging from Varak. Pontifical Hymn, Seminarians at the Vasgenian Seminary at Lake Sevan.
Blessing of Holy Muiron 2024
Re-Consecration of the Mother Cathedral of Etchmiadzin
Message of HH Karekin II on Muiron Blessing
Preparing for Muiron Blessing
AC202 on Muiron
On Muiron at Fr. Mesrob’s Funeral
Deep Dive into Muiron – Armodoxy for Today
Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for http://Epostle.net
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Now, I understand

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Now I Understand

Next Step #795 – August 29, 2024 – It’s the question that has bother him from the beginning of time: How can they let this happen?
Fr. Vazken brings it together with a look at 1915 in Armenia and today in Gaza. Is it just politics as usual? The politicians would like you to believe that. Variations of the WWJD. Zvartnots, the resting place of the angels.
40K killed in Gaza
Kamala Acceptance Speech
Armodoxy for Today
Epostle’s Internation Page (Videos)
Zvartnots Cathedral
SAIN
Eric Burdon & Animals
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A Great Place to Start

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Next Step #794 – June 18, 2024 – Sixteen Years Later and beginning year #17
A look at our first 16 years, from scratch to Epostle.net, and a projection of where we’re going. Up close and personal, join Fr. Vazken for this journey from the early days of podcasting, taking the Next Step … Are we there yet? If you’re new to Epostle.net – this is a great place to start.
I Found the Pearl
Khorhoort Khorin, Lusine Zakarian
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Christ Call: Dare to Dream

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Christ Call: Dare to Dream

Next Step #793 – June 8, 2024 – Christ calls us to dream, to explore avenues that have not been explored, in particular in a quest for peace. “Blessed are the Peace makers, for they shall be called children of God,” says Jesus (Matthew 5). Our world needs dreamers. Hear two dreams – one for the exchange of bombs for water and the other, to implement a pardon in the face of hatred. Testing Armodoxy in a world of war and in dog-eat-dog politics: a Paradox waiting to be explored.
Links
Earthrise from Apollo 8
Gor Mkhitarian Music (Paradox)
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Dreaming Vision

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Dreaming Vision

Next Step #792 – May 25, 2024 – Expanding with Epostle as we hit the 12,000+ mark. Stories of evangelization from the Apple days and exploiting the technology for evangelizing Epostle-style. Remembering Darfur in 2008, coming from the Aurora Awards. Two octogenarians vying for the presidency, share a vision, meanwhile the young give their lives in war – those remembered at Memorial Day. First glance and unheard: A Palestinian Armenian speaks from the war zone in Israel, walking the talk. And much more…
Michio Kaku – Quantum Supremacy
Palestinian Armenian Speaks from the war zone
Pope Francis on 60 Minutes
Aurora Prize
IHS 2008 Man of the Year: Gabriel Stauring
Lala Abgaryan seeks justice for sister tortured by Azeris
Jackie Evancho Dream with Me
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War Protest: Opportunity Eclipsed

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War Protest: Opportunity Eclipsed

Next Step #791 – May 5, 2024 – The War in Gaza, a nightmare echoing the words, Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing. Famine is fueled by hatred. The world stands still and even worse, so do those who have seen the same nightmare. Fr. Vazken takes about opportunities lost and the importance of articulating a statement of protest, for the sake of record and moral authority. Firsthand observation of the Eclipse from Uvalde and the Sign of the Cross. Overwhelmed reaction in the birthing room and at the eclipse – God’s perfection. Discussed: the eye for an eye maximum, college protests, a Maturity of Faith. Orthodox Easter, Cinco de Mayo and the Weakest Link.
Links:
Uvalde – Eclipse 2024
College Protests of the War
Eclipsed Relevance – April 6 Next Step
Tooth as the Maximum Next Step
Niebuhr’s Prayer (Serenity) 
49 Bye-Byes/America’s Song
CSNY – Four Way Street
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Buying into the Myth

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Buying into the Myth

Next Step with Fr. Vazken #790 – April 29, 2024 – College campus protests flare up regarding Israel’s attacks in Gaza, while Armenian Genocide commemorations take buy into the myth of victimization. Here’s Fr. Vazken’s post-April 24 assessment of disappointments and challenges. Walking in the shoes of others as an answer. Epostle sets up in the metaverse.

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Leveraging Love is the next step
College campus protests
USC on lockdown
Fr. Vazken’s Speech at UCLA
Universal Soldier
Universal Soldier Video
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Eclipsed Relevance

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Next 789 – April 6, 2024 – Easter brings hope for the suffering. Fr. Vazken shares thoughts on connecting the message of hope with the war in Gaza, the total solar eclipse, Fr. Yeremia’s 5 to 6 apples and the closing of St. Peter Armenian Church (the roots of Epostle).
Eclipse
St. Peter Youth Ministry (story)
St. Peter Page – seek and you shall find
Jethro Tull
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The Beat of the Church

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Next Step #788 – March 21, 2024 – An experiment on the streets of Glendale is about to come to an end, or at least will be put on hold. The Youth Ministry which began in 2003 is having its building sold from under it. Finding an alternative to political solutions to war and conflict. Fr. Datev Tatoulian is buried in Armenia. Fear in Armenia vs. Fear of the Random. Listening to the beat of the church.

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Fr. Datev Tatoulian
Notes from a priest’s funeral
Lenten Journey re: Sunday
Reclaim 2024
20 Years Ago Series Opener
Blackmore’s Night
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Scenes from Nor Hadjin Church and Fr. Datev’s Burial

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Tooth is a Maximum, not Teeth

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A Tooth for a tooth is the maximum sentence

Next Step with Fr. Vazken #787 – February 19, 2024 – The disconnect between what is being preached and what we go through every day. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth are the maximums; in Gaza its about pulling all the teeth. News, what to do with it? Unshaken is not unchangeable. Value of Church attendance: It’s not about God. “Won’t slow down” is nothing new for us as its “Better to burn out than it is to rust.”
Links
Next Step #229 Abstract to the Tangible – epostle
Israel before the UN Court
Lenten Sunday Videos
Wind Pushing Boeing Airplane 787 
Reclaim Conference
Lenten and Spiritual Messages
Melanie
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